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Posted: 7/30/2011 5:13:49 PM EDT
If there ever was a weapon that needed an after-market selector, the ACR would be it.
The ACR's plastic ambi-selector feels flimsy and the weak hand side lever diggs into the trigger finger. A sturdier, metal ambi-selector with a shorter / thinner weak hand lever really would be BAD ASS... |
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Update: plastic still sucks...
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We recently bought an ACR
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Battle Arms Development
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45 degree please!
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"When you die, if you get a choice between going to Regular Heaven or Pie Heaven, choose Pie Heaven. It might be a trick, but if not…mmmmm, boy!" -Jack Handey, Deep Thoughts
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Hm, not sure about that. Though the ACR has short levers that feel pretty fast, even if the arrangement is 90 degree
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Battle Arms Development
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Originally Posted By Duffy:
We recently bought an ACR Schweet ! |
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Originally Posted By Duffy:
We recently bought an ACR Awesome! when you get them done count me in for 2 levers |
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I think pretty much every ACR owner would be up for a set!
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"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." -George Orwell |
The ACR selector seems rather complicated for what it does. Couple of things I noticed right away:
1. It has rather short levers. Short levers require more force to rotate, but the levers don't seem difficult to rotate because #2... 2. The arm that takes the place of an AR detent and detent spring doesn't exert a lot of spring tension. 3. The short levers feel pretty fast, something we know because our own short levers behave the same way, and also it's just high school physics The most complaints we have heard about the ACR selector is that it's completely plastic. Once we're done with the projects we've been working on in the last 12 months, we'll start playing with different ideas |
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Battle Arms Development
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You have my interest.
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" We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm. " -George Orwell
Celer, Silens, Mortalitas "Swift, Silent, Deadly" |
Would you guys like to see lever options?
Short, hybrid, crank, etc. |
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Battle Arms Development
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I'm in!!
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Originally Posted By Duffy:
Would you guys like to see lever options? Short, hybrid, crank, etc. All of the above. I would think from a design perspective that would be simple enough considering you already have that design element already present in your AR safety. Thus allowing a user to use standard BAD-ASS Levers. |
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" We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm. " -George Orwell
Celer, Silens, Mortalitas "Swift, Silent, Deadly" |
The goal was to design a selector center that can take advantage of the existing levers we have for the 90 and 45 degree semi auto selectors, but the ACR selector is significantly different from an AR selector, it's a two piece design, the two pieces are retained in the receiver by way of lugs, and the levers are attached to the two center pieces
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Battle Arms Development
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I just want to get rid of the ambi-selector. I'll be purchasing one when it is ready.
Different options will be great as long as there is one with no selector on the right side. Herb |
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Originally Posted By Duffy:
The goal was to design a selector center that can take advantage of the existing levers we have for the 90 and 45 degree semi auto selectors, but the ACR selector is significantly different from an AR selector, it's a two piece design, the two pieces are retained in the receiver by way of lugs, and the levers are attached to the two center pieces Ouch. |
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" We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm. " -George Orwell
Celer, Silens, Mortalitas "Swift, Silent, Deadly" |
Originally Posted By Duffy:
Would you guys like to see lever options? Short, hybrid, crank, etc. Standard left side, thin right (maybe thin and short?) Looking at the rifle from the butt stock. I'm cool with 45's as well. |
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"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." -George Orwell |
Not sure about a 45 degree selector, maybe a 75 degree or something so the pointer will still point to the general area of the FIRE pictogram.
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Battle Arms Development
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We had tried that design already, it didn't work for the AR because there would need to be two levers of each kind, a left and a right side lever. That the levers are not interchangeable from left to right is a disadvantage, let's see if we can come up with levers that will work on both sides
Also, the additional pointer can be argued as confusing, another reason it didn't make it to the production model |
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Battle Arms Development
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That could work, our thinking went up to three position indicators as well back then. Our lawyers didn't think it was a good idea from a liability standpoint
Thank you for your ideas, we're grateful to see them I think a selector with a 10 or 15 degree reduction may feel just great. As long as the position marker points to the general vicinity of the FIRE engraving, we should be good to go. |
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Battle Arms Development
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Originally Posted By Az_AR-15:
I just want to get rid of the ambi-selector. +1 A thin, short ambi lever may work as well. |
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Any updates to this?
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Not yet
The ACR selector is rather complicated, I think there are good reasons nobody makes a aftermarket selector for it (yet) lol |
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Battle Arms Development
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Any progress on the selector switch
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"The only thing necessary for the triumph of Evil is that good men do nothing." -Edmund Burke.
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Not yet
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Battle Arms Development
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it really needs a 45 degree selector and a ambi sling mount for the standard rifle that would be as easy as a u shape with an offset ring
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We'll look at both the 90 degree and a short throw version, promise
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Battle Arms Development
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Originally Posted By Duffy:
We'll look at both the 90 degree and a short throw version, promise I think the short throw with a short lever on the right side would be great(this is assuming you are right handed) Have you started to look at this yet? |
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"The only thing necessary for the triumph of Evil is that good men do nothing." -Edmund Burke.
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We have not decided to whether redesign the whole thing, or just the levers for the ACR
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Battle Arms Development
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Any news on these?
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"The only thing necessary for the triumph of Evil is that good men do nothing." -Edmund Burke.
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Not yet, we haven't decided to design our simpler ACR selector replacement, or model ours after the factory, but with our levers, and made of 12L14 steel
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Battle Arms Development
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Yep, checked again. Plastic still sucks...
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Lol, sorry it's taking so long, we haven't forgotten about it
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Battle Arms Development
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I know you folks have other stuff on your plate, but please don't let the ACR selector die a quiet death. I bought one for my M&P15-22 and its what should be on them to begin with. Absolutely a quality product.
Keep up the good work!! |
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It won't, we bought an ACR just for this purpose
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Battle Arms Development
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Are we there yet ????
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It's elayed along with other projects But we'll get there soon
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Battle Arms Development
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Duffy,
Just poking the fire on this. Any movement? |
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"Slow is smooth, smooth is fast!"
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After we get the EMR done, SCAR levers will be next!
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Battle Arms Development
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Also waiting for one of these for my Remington railed Acr
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I'd definitely pick up one, mostlikely two, of these! I'm planning on making mine to the way I like it & the selector is one of the firsts to get rid of.
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I'll be really interested in this when it's ready. My rifle is used in a lot of matches and is already a test bed for a few products. This would be a nice touch to it. I would still want it to be ambi though.
I know it's a tricky question but any type of general eta? Like months, year+ etc? |
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It takes 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 3 for proper trigger squeeze; and I'm lazy. |
No firm ETA yet, the ACR selector is rather complicated for what it does, we're not entirely sure why. Instead of making a steel copy of the plastic original, we've been meaning to see if it can be simplified
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Battle Arms Development
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It will need to be slightly different, if you squeeze the trigger hard when its between safe and fire it will roll the safety lever the rest of the way and fire
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Just wondering on the status. My ACR should be back in the next couple of weeks with a slick new paint scheme.
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Oh, I get it - regular pancakes ARE shaped like flying saucers...
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Battle Arms Development
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Any updates?
Anyone even thinking about making ACR parts is encouraging to me. Shit, I waited over a decade for Chinese Democracy to be released... I can be patient Anyways, I'll buy cool ACR stuff when it's available |
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